I have been in the habit of just putting out a monthly newsletter so as not to inundate you all with Cancer Couch news. However, this NEWS is just too good to wait on. Before I get into it though, above is a photo from The Cancer Beat - featured here (from left to right), the hysterical comedian and my friend and co-host Christine O'Leary, Dr. Sarat Chandarlapaty of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, me (in the middle of my favorite smarty pants sandwich), and Dr. Nikhil Wagle of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. This is from the absolutely incredible night of The 3rd Annual Cancer Beat which took place in Fairfield, CT on September 8th. The evening was a huge success in every way. It was so much fun from start to finish. We laughed, we cried, we danced, we loved, we LIVED. We honored my friend Beth Caldwell who died this past year from MBC leaving two young kids and a wonderful husband along with a powerful and astonishing legacy. She was one of the smartest, sweetest, most badass women I've ever met and one of the most impactful MBC advocates to date. She lit a fire in me from our first phone call that I could not help but take as a call to action to do something to help extend the lives of those struck with metastatic breast cancer. I did not know then that just three years after that first phone call that prompted me to dedicate my life to funding research for MBC treatment, my ENTIRE life would be riding on the chances of one experimental research trial working. I announced in the room Saturday night that I had learned three weeks prior that my cancer had spread to my brain, bones, liver and adrenals. I shared this so people could understand the reality of how quickly stage 4 cancer can spread and how desperately you need something, anything, to work when it does. I found out, while I was in Brazil this summer, that I qualified for a trial precisely targeted to a certain mutation present in my tumors. This mutation wasn't there initially - when I was diagnosed three years ago - but thankfully and miraculously, it is now. I knew if it worked, it would be like hitting the genetic lottery. It just had to work. I had four scans this past Thursday, 28 days into the new trial. I know we don't and can't always get what we want, but I hoped and prayed with everything I have that what I wanted and what I needed would be the same thing. This time, they were. My oncologist called me first thing Friday morning to share the amazing news that not one, but every single area of cancer was shrinking. In 28 days. Tonight I went on the patient portal to check my tumor markers from blood work done today. They are all back within normal limits. I am overwhelmed with gratitude that I could get yet another lease on life this late in the game when things looked so bleak just weeks ago. I know it is a trial and I know I continue to live month by month, scan by scan and I hate that there are thousands of people out there getting the opposite of this kind of news today. My heart breaks for every single one of them and for those we keep losing to this disease (one person every minute worldwide). I want nothing more than for this kind of medicine to be available to everyone. Please know, I am here fighting for you, fighting for me, fighting for all of us to have a better chance. This October, please consider making a donation to The Cancer Couch or any other foundation that focuses on metastasis. No one is cured from cancer until we are all cured. Research is vital. Oh wait - the karma part! Well, before I got cancer and started this foundation - Tom and I always contributed to our favorite charity - Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation run by Liz & Jay Scott (Alex's parents) with whom I grew up. Well, when Liz heard about my good news Friday, she shared the amazing fact that ALSF funded a study of the drug I am on, for kids, way back in the lab as it was just developing. Their funding of this study allowed for a significantly more robust data set and therefore got it moved on through the trial phases much faster (ultimately literally just in time for me to get on it exactly when I needed it!). I never would have imagined, sitting at the Lemon Ball all those years ago- cancer free at the time - potentially even donating money that may have gone to this - that my life would potentially be saved by something they were funding. AMAZING. We are all in this together. All of it. THANK YOU ALL so much for your help, support, love and extreme generosity at The Cancer Beat and all year to help fund the incredible work our researchers are doing. ![]() A big thank you also goes out to G.Love & Special Sauce (Lead singer Garrett featured here) for putting on such a great show at The Cancer Beat and bringing so much heart, soul and great vibes to the event. Much love to you all. I can't say thank you enough to everyone involved! If you missed it, we missed you and hope you can join us next year!
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Tomek
9/19/2018 04:24:08 am
Amazing news!!! I knew that cancer picked the wrong woman to mess with! You continue to be an inspiration as you keep finding ways to small victories.
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Beverly LeChase
9/19/2018 07:15:44 am
Rebecca, I am thrilled for your good news! Tears in my eyes for that joyous “good news” call from your Onc.! We also live from scans to scans & how to make the most of our lives every minute & every day! God bless & continued success w CC & good health!!😘🙏
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Kristine Wellenstein
8/7/2023 05:44:35 pm
I am so grateful to Dr kumar for helping me to win the lottery. I was looking for tips to improve my chances of winning the lottery and i saw so many good testimonies about Dr Kumar on how he help people to win the lottery and i promise myself that i will give him a try and if he help me too i will also publish his name on the internet for people to see and get help from him which i am doing now by writing this testimony. I contact him and he cast spell on the winning numbers and gave them to me to play and i buy my ticket and play behold i won $426 Millions. If you also need his help to win the lottery here is his email: spellcasttemple@gmail.com or whatsapp him on +2347051705853. I will forever be grateful to you Dr Kumar for what you did for me by sending me the winning numbers to win the Mega Millions.
Ann Walsh
9/26/2018 09:57:29 pm
I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to hear this miracle news .prayers and your guysy self and determination and strong encouraging support from family and friends and the research teams have brought you this new gift ,. Our thoughts and prayers continue as you continue to beat the beast for yourself and others . Lots of love hugs and healing prayers are flying your way
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ella jerry
6/23/2020 01:03:11 am
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11/10/2021 02:26:47 am
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stacy
9/19/2018 04:58:21 am
i am overwhlemed with happiness and like you said, gratitude. sending you much love and light and continued success on this trial. you are a true role model. ❤️
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Andy
9/19/2018 05:07:23 am
Pretty sure it was the tortilla.
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Colleen Lackey
9/19/2018 05:29:54 am
Amazing!
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Jean C Kelly
9/19/2018 05:47:18 am
So so grateful to God.
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The Rollins Family
9/19/2018 06:25:44 am
Our entire family has been praying for you each and every week for the past couple of years and we are SO excited to hear of the great news and receive your update! You are an amazing woman and we will continue to pray for you, your family and all the others affected by this terrible disease.
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Ellen and Don
9/19/2018 07:21:58 am
This family believes in miracles and you are one, Reb!
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Kelly Shanahan
9/19/2018 07:23:42 am
Rebecca,
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Jackie Davis
9/19/2018 07:26:21 am
An angel on earth you are!! Thanking God for this news and will continue to pray for you and ALL with MBC. xoxoxo
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Donna Atkinson (Oxford Greens resident)
9/19/2018 07:55:51 am
I am a friend of your mother's and having been reading Cancer Couch since its inception. I am so very happy for you with this new trial and what it means for you and the future treatment of MBC. I am in awe of what you have achieved with fundraising for research for this terrible disease. God bless you and keep you healthy!!!
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Christine Flood
9/19/2018 09:15:37 am
Oh, this is the best! Amazing and wonderful news for an amazing and wonderful girl (girl? woman? SUPERWOMAN?!?!) . So happy for you and to see that smile!! xoxo
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Colleen
9/19/2018 09:24:40 am
Overjoyed for you!! You have done so much for so many and have such a giving heart and positive mind - karma indeed!!
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Robin Bernier
9/19/2018 02:32:51 pm
Keep Going!👍♥️
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Mary Mansfield
9/19/2018 04:38:52 pm
Simply incredible news Rebecca! Its hard to find the words...I’m so overjoyed at reading this. God bless you and all those working for a cure. May the good karma you have been giving out, all of your life, continue to come back to you tenfold! Xoxo
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Christine Looby
9/19/2018 06:46:35 pm
Adding MUCH gratitude to tonight’s prayers. This is the best thing to happen to my heart all day!
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Lisa Garcia
9/20/2018 12:55:46 pm
This brings tears of joy to my eyes!!!!! There are miracles around every corner and you are most deserving of one! Much love and happiness to you and your family Rebecca!
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David
9/21/2018 06:42:46 pm
This is just the best! thank you for sharing this.
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Ms. Anita
9/26/2018 06:13:52 pm
I'm crying reading your story!!
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ella jerry
6/23/2020 01:03:39 am
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8/23/2020 04:34:46 am
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8/23/2020 10:54:38 pm
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1/6/2021 03:19:20 pm
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4/27/2021 03:33:02 am
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Amelia
5/1/2021 02:47:29 pm
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4/17/2023 02:46:43 am
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Kristine Wellenstein
8/7/2023 05:43:44 pm
I am so grateful to Dr kumar for helping me to win the lottery. I was looking for tips to improve my chances of winning the lottery and i saw so many good testimonies about Dr Kumar on how he help people to win the lottery and i promise myself that i will give him a try and if he help me too i will also publish his name on the internet for people to see and get help from him which i am doing now by writing this testimony. I contact him and he cast spell on the winning numbers and gave them to me to play and i buy my ticket and play behold i won $426 Millions. If you also need his help to win the lottery here is his email: spellcasttemple@gmail.com or whatsapp him on +2347051705853. I will forever be grateful to you Dr Kumar for what you did for me by sending me the winning numbers to win the Mega Millions.
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8/16/2023 07:33:46 pm
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